Truck bed beam

[AudioShockwav]

get 2 MR Coily enforcer comps I have run 2 before hey work really good

Ahhhh well, ok but 5 feet apart on the fenders of a mini-van is not what I call a comp set-up.
Dans antennas are OK, but you can get a couple of Kales antennas cheaper, and they will work just as well, and skip the double coils, waste of money.
Parked with two 1/4 wave sticks properly spaced would be even better.......
Just my humble opinion of course

73
Jeff

 

[Slowmover]

And I will echo what M0 said, you have a DC ground, not a good RF ground, they are two different things entirely.
You can run a 16 gauge piece of wire from your mount to the frame and show low ohms to the rest of the truck at DC but RF will not see it that way.



This is true shizzle, you can take a field strength meter and see that you are getting "some" gain out the front, but not like you would if you properly mounted the antennas over a nice solid sheet of metal.
Even the guys on the other forum you have been asking the same question too have been telling you the same thing.
If Peek-A-Boo is giving you advice about your antenna set up it would be in your best interest to listen to him..... He has played this game before.
You do not get trophies at shootouts running lossy antenna set-ups.
The suggestion he gave you about mounting a camper shell and lining the inside with metal is a damn good one.
I have some pictures somewhere of a little pickup with a camper shell that is lined with copper mesh and bonded to the bed and frame.
It was a kick ass set-up......And I do mean kick ass.

73
Jeff

A few of us here have speculated about lining a bed topper shell. Would you recall where to find the info you referenced in this post?

Thx?

 

[AudioShockwav]

There is a old thread here with 15 in the minigrass and concrete man talking about this for his pickup and we had some pictures of a old comp set up that won a few belts.
It was a fiberglass camper shell with copper mesh inside cutting off lips in shootouts.

I think it somewhere in the CB antenna section.

73
Jeff

 

[Slowmover]

There is a old thread here with 15 in the minigrass and concrete man talking about this for his pickup and we had some pictures of a old comp set up that won a few belts.
It was a fiberglass camper shell with copper mesh inside cutting off lips in shootouts.

I think it somewhere in the CB antenna section.

73
Jeff

Thx. I’ll look for it

 

[Slowmover]

Found one part in CO PHASED ANTENNAS

 

[AudioShockwav]

Mr Suburban and 15 mini grass, he was putting 2 antennas on his pickup camper and this came up.
It's old, none of the pictures links work anymore.
I think it was before the rod of god was " banned" from shootouts.

https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/rebuilding-my-mobile-beam-setup.91474/

73
Jeff